"When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power……" — William Lyon Mackenzie King
"When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war."
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
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37 Quotes by William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.
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Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.
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Every hour of useful work is precious.
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I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
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I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed…
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A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the…
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Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to…
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The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of…
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Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.
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Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime…
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